Devine Lab

Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences

PEDIATRICS

Newark · United States

NIH-funded
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NIH R01 · 2024

Digital Self-Management and Peer Mentoring Intervention to Improve the Transition from Pediatric to Adult Health Care for Childhood Cancer Survivors

Project Summary/Abstract Childhood cancers require lifelong risk-based follow-up care tailored to their treatment exposures, including routine medical appointments, monitoring for late effects, and regular cancer screenings. Unfortunately, less than 1 in 5 adult survivors of childhood cancer obtain such risk-based follow-up care. The transition from pediatric to adult follow-up care for adolescent and young adult (AYA) survivors is a critical period when many survivors are lost to follow-up, particularly AYA survivors who identify as Hispanic or have low self-efficacy to manage their care. While the barriers to care are well-characterized, there are no efficacious interventions to help…

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